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(See also: Traveller 5th core rules p.581 for base set of canon definitions ).

Animal Simple (Template) Base Information (2015-16)

Classification

Terrain

Terrain
- Clear
  - Clear (grassland) -Cursorial
  - Clear (open)
  - Clear (scrubland)

Terrain
- Desert (arid zone)
  - Desert (anhydrous) -Xerophytic (Xeri-hydrological)
  - Exotic (abiotic desert)
  - Exotic (saline desert)

Terrain
- Exotic (include note)
  - Exotic (alternate chirality)
  - Exotic (ammonia)
  - Exotic (arsenic)
  - Exotic (chlorine)
  - Exotic (electromote)
  - Exotic (extremophile)
  - Exotic (fluid world)
  - Exotic (fluoride)
  - Exotic (heteropolous metalloids)
  - Exotic (hydrocarbon)
  - Exotic (hyperspace)
  - Exotic (methane)
  - Exotic (nonviridian photosynthesizer)
  - Exotic (organoboron)
  - Exotic (plasma)
  - Exotic (primordial soup)
  - Exotic (psioni-sphere)
  - Exotic (radioactive)
  - Exotic (silicoid)
  - Exotic (subterranean)
  - Exotic (subterranean: digger)
  - Exotic (sulfuricoid)
  - Exotic (fossorial) AKA (troglodyte: cave-dwelling)
  - Exotic (vacuum)

Terrain
- Forest (vegetative)
  - Forest (jungle)
  - Forest (taiga)
  - Forest (temperate) -Arboreal

Terrain
- Mountains
  - Exotic (volcanic)
  - Mountains (buttes)
  - Mountains (hillocks)
  - Mountains (hills)

Terrain
- Ocean (fluidic)
  - Ocean (littoral)
  - Ocean (marine)
  - Ocean (panthallasic)
    - Coreless water ball
    - Rocky core water ball
  - Ocean (saltwater)
  - Ocean (superhydrous)

Terrain
- Ocean Depths (deep fluidic)
  - Ocean Depths (abyssal)
  - Ocean Depths (benthic)
  - Ocean Depths (volcanic vents)

Terrain
- Rough (rocky)
  - Rough (alluvial)
  - Rough (metamorphic)
  - Rough (sedimentary)

Terrain
- Waterways (fluidic)
  - Waterways (freshwater)
  - Freshwater (brackish)
  - Freshwater (lake)
  - Freshwater (river)
  - Freshwater (stream)

Terrain
- Wetlands (semi-fluidic)
  - Wetlands (marsh) -bushes
  - Wetlands (pond)
  - Wetlands (swamp) -trees

Locomotion

Locomotion (limbed)
- Amphibian (motile)
  - Land & Water
- Aquatic (motile)

Locomotion (Either)
- Dives (motile)

Locomotion (limbless)
- Drifts (motile)

Locomotion
- Exotic (include note)
  - Limbed
    - Exotic (Hopping)
    - Exotic (Ice Skater)
    - Exotic (Snow shoe)
    - Exotic (Subterranean) -Troglodyte
    - Exotic (Subterranean: Digger) -Fossorial -burrower
  - Limbless
    - Exotic (Jets)
    - Exotic (Rollers)
    - Exotic (Rollers: Cartwheels)
    - Exotic (Rollers: Hoops)
    - Exotic (Rollers: Spheres)
    - Exotic (Rollers: Wheels)
    - Exotic (Psionic)
    - Exotic (Spinner)

Locomotion
- Flyer (motile)
- Flyer (motile)
  - Limbed
    - Flyer (Glider)
    - Flyer (Parachutist)
  - Limbless
    - Flyer (Drifter)
    - Flyer (Floater)
    - Flyer (Propeller)
    - Flyer (Spinner)
    - Flyer (Whirlibird)

Locomotion (Limbed)
- Flyphib (motile)
  - Land & Air
  - Land & Water
  - Land, Air & Water

Non-Locomotion (Neither)
- Static (sessile)
  - Symbiote
    - Siren
    - Symbiotic servant
    - Teleport

Locomotion (Either)
- Swims (motile)
  - Swimmer (Diver)
  - Swimmer (Jet)
  - Swimmer (Sailor)
  - Swimmer (Skimmer)
  - Swimmer (Ungulator)

Locomotion (Limbed)
- Triphibian (motile)
  - Land, Water, and Air

Locomotion (Limbed)
- Walker (motile) (ambulatory)
  - Walker (Ambulatory)
  - Walker (Burrower)
  - Walker (Clinger)
  - Walker (Crawler)
  - Walker (Hopper)
  - Walker (Suction Cup)

Quantity

Quantity
- Solitary (1)
- Single (1)
- Pair (2)
- Small Group (3-9)
  - Small Grove (Plant)
- Large Group (10+)
  - Large Grove (Plant)
- Pack (15+)
- Small Herd (20+)
- Large Herd (30+)
- Small Swarm (40+)
- Large Swarm (50+)
- Hive (Uncountable myriads)

Sociality

Eusocial
- Hive mind
- Many insectoid societies (Minimal intra community conflict)
Parasocial
- Communal-
- Quasi-
- Semi-
- Sophonts that rarely fight
Social (baseline) (mesosociality)
- Human level sociality
- Compaible with most interstellar norms
- Most sophonts
Subsocial
- Sub-
- Pre-
Malsocial
- Small quarreling groups (constant dominance struggles)
- Solitary

Size

Size - Longest Dimension and mass (Kg or grams)
- 80kg
- 5.0gm
- Microbiota (N<1.0gm)
- Small
- Biota (baseline)
- Large
- Macrobiota
- Macromorphic Lifeform

Speed

Speed - motive speed in Kph
- 35kph

- or -

Speed
- Static (sessile) (x0.0)
- XSlow (x<0.25)
- VSlow (x0.25)
- Slow (x0.5)
- Creep (x0.75)
- Crawl (x0.75)
- Standard (x1)
- Cruise (x1.25)
- Fast (x1.5)
- Very Fast (x2.0)
- Hyperfast (x>2.0)

Strength

Strength
- Very weak
- Weak
- Average
- Strong
- Very strong

Weapon/s

Weapons
- Body (Bodyslam)
- Claws (Rip)
- Horns
- Manipulator (Punch)
- Parasite (detrimental)
- Peds (Kick)
- Poison (Venom or Toxin)
- Spikes (Impale or Stab)
- Sting
- Teeth (Bite)
- Tusks
- Vector (disease or pathogen)

Armor

Armor - Use skin type , but also strength of armor (if any)
- Bark (Plant)
- Chitin
- Exoskeleton
- Feathery Pelt
- Fine scales
- Furry Pelt
- Husk (Plant)
- Leather
- Plates
- Scales
- Skin
- Spines

Armor - Armor Hardness (Durability) Comparisons
- (-10) Gaseous
- (-1) Protoplasm
- (0) Skin
- (+1) Feathery Pelt
- (+1) Furry Pelt
- (+2) Fine scales
- (+2) Husk (Plant)
- (+2) Leather
- (+3) Bark (Plant)
- (+3) Chitin
- (+3) Scales
- (+3) Spines
- (+4) Exoskeleton
- (+4) Plates
- (+5) Stone (Reinforced concrete, granite, etc.)
- (+6) Metal (natural) Plasteel, Steel, Composite Laminate, etc.
- (+7) Crystaliron
- (+8) Superdense
- (+9) Bonded Superdense
- (+10) Coherent Superdense (Bucky ball)

Note:

Index and align with Moh's Scale of Hardness.
Armor = (Hardness - repellant or resistant characteristic) + (Ablation: absorption or dissipative characteristic)
- Reflective vs. laser: Repellant (mirror)
- Aerosol vs. laser: dissipative
- Sandcaster vs. laser: dissipative
- etc.

Animal Simple Source

Homeworld - World where beast originated (if known)
- e.g. Raschev/Reidan (Foreven 3230)
- Raschev (world)
- Unknown

Multi-world - Is the creature found on more than one world (yes/no)
- Yes
- yes (empire)
- Yes (multiple worlds)
- No
- Multi (18 worlds)
- Unknown

Canon - Is the creature considered canon (yes/no)
- Yes
- No
- Unknown

Extinct - note if the beast is currently extinct (yes/no)
- Extant
- Extant (not extinct)
- Extinct
- Extinct (Crytpid)
- Unknown

Reference - Source references for creature.

Notes (2015)

TJonesLo Comment

These are good, please don't delete them. Just keep in mind T5 has a base set of definition which we can expand upon, but not replace.

- Tjoneslo (talk) 10:51, 19 April 2015 (EDT)

Smelchak Comment (2015)

Thank you, Tjoneslo. They were just my brainstorming, typed out to see how they look. I have the T5 book, but intentionally haven't looked at that section yet, because I want to brainstorm free of its influence. I have several thousand pages of notes and am slowly going through them. I should probably start my own page like "Darkhstarr".

I copied the material to my discussion area, but will leave it here upon your request. Thanks for your note.

- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:05, 19 April 2015 (EDT)